Jane Birkin

Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE (born 14 December 1946) is an English-born actress and singer who lives in France. She is best known as the muse of Serge Gainsbourg who wrote several of her albums, and for her work on screen collaborating with such directors as Jacques Rivette, Agnès Varda and Jacques Doillon. In recent years she has written her own album, directed a film and become an outspoken proponent of democracy in Burma. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Birkin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)

This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotional slice-of-life story. Jones is portrayed here portrayed as Bill Willis, a former war hero turned author who combats alcoholism and is starting to experience health problems. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ivory
CAST:  Kris Kristofferson  •  Leelee Sobieski  •  Jane Birkin  •  Barbara Hershey

This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotional slice-of-life story. Jones is portrayed here portrayed as Bill Willis, a former war hero turned author who combats alcoholism and is starting to experience health problems. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Ivory
CAST:  Kris Kristofferson  •  Leelee Sobieski  •  Jane Birkin  •  Barbara Hershey

Blow-Up (1966)

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michelangelo Antonioni
CAST:  David Hemmings  •  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Sarah Miles  •  John Castle

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he unknowingly captures a death on film.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michelangelo Antonioni
CAST:  David Hemmings  •  Vanessa Redgrave  •  Sarah Miles  •  John Castle

La Belle Noiseuse (1991)

The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on a countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he long ago stopped: La ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Rivette
CAST:  Michel Piccoli  •  Jane Birkin  •  Emmanuelle Béart  •  Marianne Denicourt

The former famous painter Frenhofer lives quietly with his wife on a countryside residence in the French Provence. When the young artist Nicolas visits him with his girlfriend Marianne, Frenhofer decides to start again the work on a painting he long ago stopped: La ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Rivette
CAST:  Michel Piccoli  •  Jane Birkin  •  Emmanuelle Béart  •  Marianne Denicourt

Merci Docteur Rey (2002)

A gay young man is recruited into an illicit love triangle to watch a much older man’s sexual liaison, but ends up witnessing what turns out to be his murder. The next day the young man's opera diva mother informs him that his estranged father has been in Paris... ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Litvack
CAST:  Dianne Wiest  •  Jane Birkin  •  Bulle Ogier  •  Roschdy Zem

A gay young man is recruited into an illicit love triangle to watch a much older man’s sexual liaison, but ends up witnessing what turns out to be his murder. The next day the young man's opera diva mother informs him that his estranged father has been in Paris... ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Litvack
CAST:  Dianne Wiest  •  Jane Birkin  •  Bulle Ogier  •  Roschdy Zem

Keep Your Right Up (1987)

This film is made up several sketches in which certain actors play several real or fictional roles to a background of rock music. The lead character, played by Godard himself, is an annoyingly perfectionist film-maker determined to wring every last drop of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Luc Godard
CAST:  Jean-Luc Godard  •  Jane Birkin  •  Jacques Villeret  •  François Périer

This film is made up several sketches in which certain actors play several real or fictional roles to a background of rock music. The lead character, played by Godard himself, is an annoyingly perfectionist film-maker determined to wring every last drop of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Luc Godard
CAST:  Jean-Luc Godard  •  Jane Birkin  •  Jacques Villeret  •  François Périer

Wonderwall (1968)

The eccentric professor Collins lives completely secluded in his chaotic apartment. When the model Penny moves in next to him, he becomes fascinated of her. He drills holes in her walls and ceiling and peeps on her day and night. He loses himself in daydreams and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Massot
CAST:  Jack MacGowran  •  Jane Birkin  •  Irene Handl  •  Richard Wattis

The eccentric professor Collins lives completely secluded in his chaotic apartment. When the model Penny moves in next to him, he becomes fascinated of her. He drills holes in her walls and ceiling and peeps on her day and night. He loses himself in daydreams and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Massot
CAST:  Jack MacGowran  •  Jane Birkin  •  Irene Handl  •  Richard Wattis

Private Screening (1973)

Complications abound in this French film, which tells the story of a filmmaker who is attempting to put his real life into a movie; his interactions with the people in the movie he is filming create reverberations in his "real" life, although the past remains ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Françoise Fabian  •  Jean-Luc Bideau  •  Jane Birkin  •  Bulle Ogier

Complications abound in this French film, which tells the story of a filmmaker who is attempting to put his real life into a movie; his interactions with the people in the movie he is filming create reverberations in his "real" life, although the past remains ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Leterrier
CAST:  Françoise Fabian  •  Jean-Luc Bideau  •  Jane Birkin  •  Bulle Ogier

The Woman of My Life (1986)

Simon, a famous violinist, sinks into alcoholism. He finds support from his lover, who is also the manager of the orchestra in which he plays. But is she really helping him or is she exploiting his dependence on her? A man who has been through the same experience ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Régis Wargnier
CAST:  Christophe Malavoy  •  Jane Birkin  •  Jean-Louis Trintignant  •  Béatrice Agenin

Simon, a famous violinist, sinks into alcoholism. He finds support from his lover, who is also the manager of the orchestra in which he plays. But is she really helping him or is she exploiting his dependence on her? A man who has been through the same experience ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Régis Wargnier
CAST:  Christophe Malavoy  •  Jane Birkin  •  Jean-Louis Trintignant  •  Béatrice Agenin

Against Oblivion (1991)

Emotional

Contre l'Oubli (Against Oblivion) is a compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea on behalf of a political prisoner. Jean Luc Godard and Anne Marie Mieville's film concerns the plight of Thomas ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Doillon  •  Jane Birkin  •  Bertrand Tavernier  •  Jean-Luc Godard  •  Michel Piccoli  •  Alain Resnais  •  Philippe Muyl  •  Patrice Leconte  •  Claire Denis  •  Bernard Giraudeau  •  Costa-Gavras  •  Robert Kramer  •  Raymond Depardon  •  Alain Corneau  •  Chantal Akerman  •  Bertrand Blier  •  Jean Becker  •  Jacques Deray  •  Coline Serreau  •  Romain Goupil  •  Patrice Chéreau  •  Francis Girod  •  Michel Deville  •  René Allio  •  Denis Amar  •  Jean-Michel Carré  •  Dominique Dante  •  Gérard Frot-Coutaz  •  Jean-Loup Hubert  •  Anne-Marie Miéville  •  Sarah Moon  •  Nadine Trintignant  •  Martine Franck
CAST:  Paul Amar  •  Robert Badinter  •  Guy Bedos  •  Jane Birkin

Contre l'Oubli (Against Oblivion) is a compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea on behalf of a political prisoner. Jean Luc Godard and Anne Marie Mieville's film concerns the plight of Thomas ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Doillon  •  Jane Birkin  •  Bertrand Tavernier  •  Jean-Luc Godard  •  Michel Piccoli  •  Alain Resnais  •  Philippe Muyl  •  Patrice Leconte  •  Claire Denis  •  Bernard Giraudeau  •  Costa-Gavras  •  Robert Kramer  •  Raymond Depardon  •  Alain Corneau  •  Chantal Akerman  •  Bertrand Blier  •  Jean Becker  •  Jacques Deray  •  Coline Serreau  •  Romain Goupil  •  Patrice Chéreau  •  Francis Girod  •  Michel Deville  •  René Allio  •  Denis Amar  •  Jean-Michel Carré  •  Dominique Dante  •  Gérard Frot-Coutaz  •  Jean-Loup Hubert  •  Anne-Marie Miéville  •  Sarah Moon  •  Nadine Trintignant  •  Martine Franck
CAST:  Paul Amar  •  Robert Badinter  •  Guy Bedos  •  Jane Birkin

The Last September (2000)

In 1920s Ireland, an elderly couple reside over a tired country estate. Living with them are their high-spirited niece, their Oxford student nephew, and married house guests, who are trying to cover up that they are presently homeless. The niece enjoys romantic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deborah Warner
CAST:  Michael Gambon  •  Maggie Smith  •  Keeley Hawes  •  David Tennant

In 1920s Ireland, an elderly couple reside over a tired country estate. Living with them are their high-spirited niece, their Oxford student nephew, and married house guests, who are trying to cover up that they are presently homeless. The niece enjoys romantic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Deborah Warner
CAST:  Michael Gambon  •  Maggie Smith  •  Keeley Hawes  •  David Tennant

Romance of a Horsethief (1971)

Since time immemorial, the simple-minded boisterous people of Malava, a small Polish town near the border of imperial Russia, have lived on horse-stealing, horse-trading and horse-smuggling. Life changes abruptly when a Russian garrison, commanded by Captain ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abraham Polonsky
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Eli Wallach  •  Jane Birkin  •  Lainie Kazan

Since time immemorial, the simple-minded boisterous people of Malava, a small Polish town near the border of imperial Russia, have lived on horse-stealing, horse-trading and horse-smuggling. Life changes abruptly when a Russian garrison, commanded by Captain ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abraham Polonsky
CAST:  Yul Brynner  •  Eli Wallach  •  Jane Birkin  •  Lainie Kazan

Serious as Pleasure (1975)

"In Serieux comme le plaisir, two men and a woman live quite happily together in a romantic liaison. The woman is probably wealthy anyway, so the trio doesn't worry much about money. One day they decide to take a trip in their beat-up car, managing the whole affair ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Benayoun
CAST: 

"In Serieux comme le plaisir, two men and a woman live quite happily together in a romantic liaison. The woman is probably wealthy anyway, so the trio doesn't worry much about money. One day they decide to take a trip in their beat-up car, managing the whole affair ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Benayoun
CAST: 

This Is My Body (2001)

Thrilling

Gifted student Antoine goes against his family’s wishes and accepts the lead role in a controversial director’s film. He learns that the role had previously been offered to a young man who committed suicide after an on-set affair – and events conspire to draw ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodolphe Marconi
CAST:  Louis Garrel  •  Jane Birkin  •  Elisabeth Depardieu  •  Didier Flamand

Gifted student Antoine goes against his family’s wishes and accepts the lead role in a controversial director’s film. He learns that the role had previously been offered to a young man who committed suicide after an on-set affair – and events conspire to draw ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rodolphe Marconi
CAST:  Louis Garrel  •  Jane Birkin  •  Elisabeth Depardieu  •  Didier Flamand

A Friend of Vincent (1983)

Vincent is the victim of an assassination attempt carried out by a young woman who wants to avenge her sister. Albert, the childhood friend of Vincent, wants to help and begins to investigate the woman, but he realizes that Vincent is perhaps not the person he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Granier-Deferre
CAST:  Philippe Noiret  •  Jean Rochefort  •  Françoise Fabian  •  Fanny Cottençon

Vincent is the victim of an assassination attempt carried out by a young woman who wants to avenge her sister. Albert, the childhood friend of Vincent, wants to help and begins to investigate the woman, but he realizes that Vincent is perhaps not the person he ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pierre Granier-Deferre
CAST:  Philippe Noiret  •  Jean Rochefort  •  Françoise Fabian  •  Fanny Cottençon

Dark Places (1973)

A scheming couple plot to conceal a hidden cache of stolen money from its rightful owner. The only problem is that the house they plan to hide it in is haunted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Sharp
CAST:  Christopher Lee  •  Joan Collins  •  Herbert Lom  •  Jane Birkin

A scheming couple plot to conceal a hidden cache of stolen money from its rightful owner. The only problem is that the house they plan to hide it in is haunted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Sharp
CAST:  Christopher Lee  •  Joan Collins  •  Herbert Lom  •  Jane Birkin

Nobody's Daughter Haewon (2013)

Haewon, a film student and aspiring actress, feels abandoned. Her mother is about to emigrate to Canada and Haewon has decided to end her affair with one of her professors, a much older married man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hong Sang-soo
CAST:  Jung Eun-chae  •  Jane Birkin  •  Lee Sun-kyun  •  Yu Jun-sang

Haewon, a film student and aspiring actress, feels abandoned. Her mother is about to emigrate to Canada and Haewon has decided to end her affair with one of her professors, a much older married man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hong Sang-soo
CAST:  Jung Eun-chae  •  Jane Birkin  •  Lee Sun-kyun  •  Yu Jun-sang

The French Minister (2013)

Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bertrand Tavernier
CAST:  Thierry Lhermitte  •  Raphaël Personnaz  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Anaïs Demoustier

Alexandre Taillard de Vorms is a force to be reckoned with. With his silver mane and tanned, athletic body, he stalks the world stage as Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, waging his own war backed up by the holy trinity of diplomatic concepts: legitimacy, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bertrand Tavernier
CAST:  Thierry Lhermitte  •  Raphaël Personnaz  •  Niels Arestrup  •  Anaïs Demoustier

I Love You, I Don't (1976)

The petite waitress Johnny works and lives in a truck-stop, where she's lonely and longs for love. She develops a crush on the garbage truck driver Krassky, although her sleazy boss Boris warns her that he's gay.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Serge Gainsbourg
CAST:  Joe Dallesandro  •  Jane Birkin  •  Hugues Quester  •  Gérard Depardieu

The petite waitress Johnny works and lives in a truck-stop, where she's lonely and longs for love. She develops a crush on the garbage truck driver Krassky, although her sleazy boss Boris warns her that he's gay.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Serge Gainsbourg
CAST:  Joe Dallesandro  •  Jane Birkin  •  Hugues Quester  •  Gérard Depardieu

The Prodigal Daughter (1981)

A young woman in a deep depression leaves her husband and returns to her parents. She discovers her father is having an affair, becomes jealous of his mistress and tries to turn his feelings in her direction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Doillon
CAST:  Jane Birkin  •  Michel Piccoli  •  Natasha Parry  •  Eva Renzi

A young woman in a deep depression leaves her husband and returns to her parents. She discovers her father is having an affair, becomes jealous of his mistress and tries to turn his feelings in her direction.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Doillon
CAST:  Jane Birkin  •  Michel Piccoli  •  Natasha Parry  •  Eva Renzi

If You Die, I'll Kill You (2011)

In Paris' cosmopolitan and colorful 10th arrondissement, Philippe, who's fresh out of prison, crosses paths with Avdal, a Kurd who is trying to track down an Iraqi war criminal. Avdal, who dreams of staying in France, plans to bring his fiancee Siba to Paris. She's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiner Saleem
CAST:  Jonathan Zaccaï  •  Golshifteh Farahani  •  Özz Nüjen  •  Menderes Samancılar

In Paris' cosmopolitan and colorful 10th arrondissement, Philippe, who's fresh out of prison, crosses paths with Avdal, a Kurd who is trying to track down an Iraqi war criminal. Avdal, who dreams of staying in France, plans to bring his fiancee Siba to Paris. She's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hiner Saleem
CAST:  Jonathan Zaccaï  •  Golshifteh Farahani  •  Özz Nüjen  •  Menderes Samancılar
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